2010 headlight lens melting/frosted

[Booter22]

Ok mate I will try...also my lights are Bi Xenon white light...they are bright as hell...is that the same as HID?

Inside the light it is getting worse on one of them...its as if a oily liquid is slowly oozing across the lens....and you can only see it on certain angles...bizzaro!

so you have installed an HID kit, bulbs, ballastas and relays and so on. only thing i can think they might be too hot, but again its all guess work with out a picture.

[Alex Kurdian]

so you have installed an HID kit, bulbs, ballastas and relays and so on. only thing i can think they might be too hot, but again its all guess work with out a picture.

mate the lights came with the car no mods here as you can see its very hard to capture but look closely I highlighted it in red enlarge the area and U can make it out JUST!

[McGuyver_3]

mate the lights came with the car no mods here as you can see its very hard to capture but look closely I highlighted it in red enlarge the area and U can make it out JUST!

somewhat unrelated but those headlights look rather nice. I wouldnt mind seeing the rest of them

[Booter22]

I dont see anything wrong. Just wait to see if it gets worse. Or if the dealer there will replace them then go for it.

[Alex Kurdian]

mate the lights came with the car no mods here as you can see its very hard to capture but look closely I highlighted it in red enlarge the area and U can make it out JUST!

U can just make it out

[Alex Kurdian]

the better pic

[Alex Kurdian]

ok guys now you can see it clear as day took a couple of photos when the sun was right on it....and its not condensation

[Booter22]

ok guys now you can see it clear as day took a couple of photos when the sun was right on it....and its not condensation

now i see it. yea not the same as the gt lights frosting. almost looks like it was moisture that has dried up and left a mark.

[Alex Kurdian]

odd thing though is that is is spreading?? but i never see water droplets or anything just that weird smudge

[Booter22]

odd thing though is that is is spreading?? but i never see water droplets or anything just that weird smudge

do you use a chemical to clean the lights? maybe it is effecting something. otherwise ive never seen something like that before.

[Alex Kurdian]

do you use a chemical to clean the lights? maybe it is effecting something. otherwise ive never seen something like that before.

Naa mate just soap and water

[Alex Kurdian]

ok UPDATE on my visit to mazda...my first service was completed...but the bunny brains tried to weasel out of my faulty headlamps...finally they agreed one was faulty and that a rep from Mazda Aust will need to take a look and assess ...the stealership did say most likely they will replace it however they said the frosting in the other lamp was minor and couldn't notice it as much...I freak and tell em BULLF**KING SHIT ur replacing both...so I will need to bring the car back for a rep to see for himself...freakin *******s...my eye is like an eagle and they try to question me...I will take this further to express my disgust!

[runner2k]

I will try to get mine replaced tomorrow.

[Lumberjack]

Okay I have gone through most of the thread and it doesn't appear that anyone has identified the problem. I have a neighbour with a 2010 that has the headlight problem and he showed me what Mazda did and it looks like they installed ceramic resistors inline (see orange block in picture) to take part of the load. They replaced one headlight assembly already but the other one is now "fogged". I am curious if this problem has been rectified with my 2012? Can anyone confirm?

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[Lumberjack]

here is the picture of the lense that still needs to be replaced

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[TayTay]

^ If you have read thru my past complaints in this thread, I had the same issue many times (on two different sides) and the latest swap was to have fix this issue completely. Anyway, I have no more warranty, if this happens again ... I would be totally pissed.

[Booter22]

the headlight assembly was changed for design and added vents to prevent the issue i do believe. so on vehicles 2011 + shouldnt have any issues at all. hard to say 100% with vehicles that have had the lamps replaced as i would hope they have the new design but it would be hard to say so.

[Lumberjack]

IMO they have to warranty the work they did. Put it this way if your engine blew up 1 day before the warranty expired and they fixed it the next day and you drove off the lot and it blew up again it would still be covered for X amount of days. They couldn't in good faith say "sorry, your warranty expired yesterday..."

It amazes me how many people simply take "no" for an answer and just walk away.

^ If you have read thru my past complaints in this thread, I had the same issue many times (on two different sides) and the latest swap was to have fix this issue completely. Anyway, I have no more warranty, if this happens again ... I would be totally pissed.

[Lumberjack]

The easiest way to determine if they changed the headlight assembly is to check the part numbers perhaps of the various years to see if they changed numbers?

the headlight assembly was changed for design and added vents to prevent the issue i do believe. so on vehicles 2011 + shouldnt have any issues at all. hard to say 100% with vehicles that have had the lamps replaced as i would hope they have the new design but it would be hard to say so.

[mazda3456]

If I were to open the lens, would I be able clean it from the inside? Would the film come off or is the lens permanently damaged?

[Canadianbacon]

If I were to open the lens, would I be able clean it from the inside? Would the film come off or is the lens permanently damaged?

Permanently damaged its the head light housing not the only lens. Dealership replaced my lens twice. I had to argue with them to replace the whole house headlight (cuz i had CS LED DRLs) they did no issues now.